AVP, A&H Manager

Title:

AVP, A&H Manager

Company:

Everest Insurance Chile

Job Category:

Underwriting

Job Description:

The primary purpose of this role is to lead in the development and execution of the Chile underwriting strategy and support to the Regional Leader, International Product Leader and the wider underwriting community across Everest International Insurance.

Core Responsibilities: 

• Ensure full compliance with all underwriting guidelines, authority grants and underwriting strategy through direct interaction and collaboration with all underwriters on both a transactional and portfolio basis. This would include but not be limited to handling referrals across all divisions, ensuring the proper governance provisions are in place through the self-audit and audit processes, liaising with Legal, Product Development, Corporate Underwriting and Actuarial to deliver suitable policy forms and endorsements and the proper tools to best analyze individual risk and portfolio characteristics.
• Generate business from core areas Basic Book and affinity.
• Generate (cross-sell) together with Property, Casualty, and other LOBs.
• Review goals and any other task related to the fire A&H underwriting activity directly.
• Deliver underwriting profitability by managing risk selection and portfolio composition.
• Serve as a key executive of the Global A&H leadership team to establish and execute our mission, set and manage risk appetites across products, geographies and occupancies, and to contribute to the overall strategic direction of the division.
• Provide on-going underwriting training and development of new and existing staff by identifying both emerging risks and growth opportunities and delivering educational content to align with same
• Assist in the design and delivery of robust hedging strategies and serve as a key conduit to our external insurance brokers 
• Represent Everest at various broker & client industry conferences and events, utilize existing and develop new external trading relationships in conjunction with line-underwriters and collaborate with all other product divisions to deliver a One Everest client-centric approach

Qualifications: 

• 10+ years of A&H underwriting experience
• Deep knowledge of A&H underwriting 
• 10+ years of leadership experience
• Exceptional oral and written communication with the ability to concisely provide executive summaries to senior management
• Strong problem-solving analytical skills, with an ability to drive data analytics and make appropriate conclusions on results
• Ability to manage multiple projects and timelines across a variety of stakeholders to meet targets and deliverable dates
• Team oriented and ability to work effectively with peers
• Demonstrated bias for action with a high sense of urgency, strong work ethic and drive for results
• Experience with corporate governance and controls management, including processes and systems
• Experience with a wide variety of assignments around operational workflow including systems is an asset
• Bilingual English-Spanish

Competencies:

The role holder will be required to embrace the Everest Core Values: Collaboration, Thoughtful Assumption of Risk, Execution, Efficiency, Humility, Leadership, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

The Everest Core Values are the foundation upon which we (a) conduct our work, and (b) conduct ourselves both internally with our colleagues, and externally with clients/customers.  The Company's success and that of our employees begins with these values. All employees are expected to support and exhibit these values in their interactions with others and through their day-to-day responsibilities.

Our Culture 

At Everest, our purpose is to provide the world with protection. We help clients and businesses thrive, fuel global economies, and create sustainable value for our colleagues, shareholders and the communities that we serve. We also pride ourselves on having a unique and inclusive culture which is driven by a unified set of values and behaviors. Click here to learn more about our culture. 

• Our Values are the guiding principles that inform our decisions, actions and behaviors. They are an expression of our culture and an integral part of how we work: Talent. Thoughtful assumption of risk. Execution. Efficiency. Humility. Leadership. Collaboration. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
• Our Colleague Behaviors define how we operate and interact with each other no matter our location, level or function: Respect everyone. Pursue better. Lead by example. Own our outcomes. Win together.

All colleagues are held accountable to upholding and supporting our values and behaviors across the company. This includes day to day interactions with fellow colleagues, and the global communities we serve. 

Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

Primary Location:

Santiago, Chile

Additional Locations: